Meta has announced the launch of Meta AI in South Africa with built-in Llama 3 on WhatsApp. This is a leapfrog step for…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [31/03/2020] [Updated]
UPDATE (31 March): The roundup has been updated to include that the Oppenheimer family have set up a new trust, the SA Future Trust…
World Bank launches AG Innovation Challenge to address food security in SADC region
The World Bank Agriculture Observatory, together with Draper University and innovation platform InnMind, are calling on innovators to take part in the AG Innovation…
Meet the 7 startups selected for Nigeria’s Ventures Platform, Lasric’s Covid-19 challenge
Seven startups have been selected by Nigeria’s Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science and Research and Innovation Council (Lasric) to take part in…
Nearly 15 000 firms register on SA’s Covid-19 Bizportal as essential service providers [Updated]
UPDATE (30 March 2020): The Minister of Trade, Industry and Economic Development Ebrahim Patel on Friday (27 March) said in a statement that the…